Plural
Hi
I came across this sentence: "We both had cuts on our head."
Why head is used in singular? It sounds to me something like they share the same head. Shouldn't it be used the plural?
Top answer
" The meaning is the same. The reason that the singular is used in the first one is apparently for ease in pronunciation. A final "s" is rather difficult to pronounce in English, and having two of them in a row, "cuts" and "heads", is doubly difficult, and so the second final "s" is dropped.
- " The meaning is the same.
- The reason that the singular is used in the first one is apparently for ease in pronunciation.
- A final "s" is rather difficult to pronounce in English, and having two of them in a row, "cuts" and "heads", is doubly difficult, and so the second final "s" is dropped.
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You hear both sentences used in English, "We both had cuts on our head." and "We both had cuts on our heads." The meaning is the same. The reason that the singular is used in the first one is apparently for ease in pronunciation. A final "s" is rather difficult to pronounce in English, and having two of them in a row, "cuts" and "heads", is doubly difficult, and so the second final "s" is d
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